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Microsoft, DoJ Reach Tentative Settlement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sent-to-bed-without-dinner dept.

JeffMagnus writes: "MSNBC is reporting that the tentative settlement between Microsoft and the DoJ calls for a five-year consent decree between the government and Microsoft governing the company's conduct. A three person panel of independent experts will be created to review the companys' future activity." The New York Times appears to be the original source for the settlement stories; there's also an AP article.

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  1. An idea by Anonymous+Pancake · · Score: 0, Troll

    in this time of crisis, I believe America should do whatever it can to help it's shattered economy, and I believe dropping all charges against microsoft will do just that.

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  2. Re:Finally this reached a conclusion by John2583 · · Score: 1, Troll

    forgot that a in "reched" lol. guess i should have clicked preview

  3. Katz by Maskirovka · · Score: 0, Troll

    I nominate Jon Katz for the pannel!

    Maskirovka

  4. Clinton Administration... by istartedi · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...spent more time and money going after Bill Gates than Osama Bin Laden.

    Judge Jackson kept massaging the definition of "Personal Computer" until it made MS a monopoly (what, a Mac's not a PC? Linux is not an OS?). If I were BG & Co I would never cave. I'd close up shop, Atlas Shrugged style before settling in any fashion. But, that's just me. Maybe this is BG's contribution to prevent the country from being distracted and inconvenienced in time of war.

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  5. What did you expect? by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 2, Troll
    Did you expect the feds to shut off the supplier of software to 92% of the nations' consumers? Not to mention a huge supplier of software to the government. Not to mention a huge source of corporate tax revenue that employs top-margin taxpaying voters.

    Did you think they would rip all of this apart to save companies like VA Linux and Novell?